EconomyCommentary
May Jobs Report Leaves the US Begging for Economic Reforms
With the month of June now here, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its jobs report for the month of May. The picture isn’t… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump’s Food Stamp Reform Would Close the Trap of Dependency
President Donald Trump’s newly released budget contains a proposed food stamp reform, which the left has denounced as a “horror” that arbitrarily cuts food stamp… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Encouraging April Jobs Report Shows Need for More Pro-Growth Reforms
The April jobs report is in, and the Trump administration is taking a victory lap. That’s because the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an increase… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We Hear You: ‘I Also Had My Signature Forged by SEIU’
Editor’s note: Kevin Mooney’s reports on evidence of fraud in the unionization of home caregivers in Minnesota struck a nerve. Neither the union affiliate in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why US Economic Growth May Be Stronger Than We Think
Could the U.S. economy be growing more than the official growth figures let on? In a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, “Why… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Weak March Jobs Report Shows Need for More Reforms in Washington
Friday’s jobs report announced that businesses created 98,000 jobs, underperforming expert predictions, and showing the weakest gains in almost a year. It appears that the… Read More
EconomyFeature
In ‘Scary’ Episode, This Employer Is Hoisted in Effigy by Anti-Trump Agitators
Anthony J. Saliba is no shrinking violet. As a prominent Chicago financier as well as a trustee of the nation’s leading conservative think tank, he… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Truth About the Economic Impact of North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’
When then-North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed H.B. 2, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (commonly known as the “bathroom bill”), into law on… Read More
EconomyNews
He Was a Democrat for 30 Years. Why This Former Steelworker Now Backs Trump.
For 17 years of his life, Roger Ramsey worked 80 hours a week as a maintenance technician for the Bethlehem Steel Company. When the Sparrows… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Strong Jobs Report an Encouraging Sign for US Economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just announced the U.S. economy created 235,000 jobs in February, slightly higher than most experts expected and much higher than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘A Day Without a Woman’ Strike Promotes Idea of Women as Helpless
The way to help women continue to move forward isn’t to propagate the myth that women in the United States are victims, oppressed by the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Creating Jobs in Mississippi’s Golden Triangle
Entrepreneurial dynamism has lagged in America for the past eight years, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Economic Freedom. Yet someone in Mississippi’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Your Chicken Sandwich Costs More With a $15 Minimum Wage
Progressives are touting a $15 minimum wage as a low-cost policy to reduce poverty and income inequality. However, the costs of a high minimum wage… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Racist Roots of Minimum Wage Laws
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude… Read More
EconomyNews
How Trump’s Presidency Could Retool the Auto Industry
President-elect Donald Trump’s public campaign to push U.S. companies to make their products in America is already having an impact, especially on one of his… Read More
Commentary
A Labor Secretary Who Knows How to Create Jobs
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andy Puzder, CEO of Carl’s Jr., the successful fast-food hamburger restaurant chain, as his secretary of labor. This has set off… Read More
EconomyCommentary
November Jobs Report Shows Continuity, Not Recovery
November saw very little change in the U.S. labor market, according to a new employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers added a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Jobs Report Shows Little Change in Labor Market
The labor market didn’t change much in October, according to today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report. Unemployment and job creation have remained steady over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Congress Can Clear the Road for Uber, Lyft, and the Gig Economy
The rise of Uber and Lyft has been a good thing for both riders and drivers. Riders like the cheaper prices and reliable service of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The So-Called ‘Wage Gap’ Is Going Down. And the Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story.
Time to change those outdated signs, ladies. It’s no longer the case that “women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.” According… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Utahns Fear Obama Will Heed Environmentalists, Not Them, on National Monument Designation
This past Monday marked the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton using the Antiquities Act to create the 1.5 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Private-Sector Job Openings Are Up, but Not Thanks to the Government
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data this week showing that the ratio of unemployed people per job opening remains at the lowest it has… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The August Jobs Report Was So-So. That’s Bad News.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August employment report showed little change in the labor market. Employers added a net 151,000 jobs. That rate of job… Read More
EconomyCommentary
3 Ways Obama’s New Overtime Rule Will Hurt Employees
In an alleged attempt to increase the income of certain salaried employees, the Obama administration issued a new overtime rule, set to take effect Dec…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Companies Are Raising Wages Without a Government Mandate
According to recent reports, companies are giving wide swaths of their workforces raises without the government dictating it. Some of the companies that have done… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Real Story About Free Trade and Manufacturing
International trade figures heavily in the presidential race. Presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “Hillary Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Encouraging News in July Jobs Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July jobs report contained little bad news. The bureau found that employers created a net 255,000 new jobs since June…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Massachusetts Law Banning Employers From Asking Salary History Could Hurt Employees
Transparency in pay is a rallying point of “fair pay” advocates. Why then would a recent law passed in Massachusetts prohibit questions about pay? Ironically,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Noise Behind the New Jobs Report
The new jobs report shows employers cranked up hiring in June, creating 287,000 net new jobs. But the last jobs report, for May, showed the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Obama Has Made It Harder for Companies to Hire
Government data released on Wednesday shows the number of private-sector job openings was at an all-time high in April. Companies, however, hired the fewest number… Read More
